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James Fraser McLuskey MC DD was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1983.

McLuskie was born in Edinburgh 19 September 1914. He attended Aberdeen Grammar School from 1920 to 1931. He was ordained minister of the Church of Scotland 1938 and was Chaplain to the University of Glasgow 1939-47.

In the second world war he served in the SAS as regimental padre and was among the first allied forces to be parachuted into France. From 1947-50 he was sub-warden at the Royal Army Chaplains' Training Centre.

He then served as a parish minister at Broughty Ferry East 1950-55, New Kilpatrick, Bearsden 1955-60,and St Columba's, Pont Street (one of the Church of Scotland's London congregations) 1960-86. He died in Edinburgh on the 24 July 2005.

McLuskey's autobiography, The Cloud and the Fire appeared in 1993.